1996 No. 2247
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (Transfer of Functions Relating to Grant-maintained Schools) Order 1996

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 17 of the Education Act 19931, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Education (Transfer of Functions Relating to Grant-maintained Schools) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 23rd September 1996.

Transfer of functions relating to grant-maintained schools2.

The power of the Secretary of State under section 68(6) of the Education Act 19932 to consent to borrowing by grant-maintained schools, mentioned in section 17(2) of the Education Act 1993, shall be exercisable instead by the Funding Agency for Schools3.
Gillian Shephard
Secretary of State for Education and Employment
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order transfers to the Funding Agency for Schools the Secretary of State’s power to consent to borrowing by grant-maintained schools under section 68(6) of the Education Act 1993.